GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD by Brian R. Donnelly | Canada (2024)
GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD is a psychogeographic meander through Toronto using popular movies to propel the narrative forward. Relying on films’ inherent unfaithfulness to geography, a few dialogue cues, and a great deal of coincidence, scenes from disparate films intersect and redirect each other to follow geographic patterns rather than their individual stories. Compositing closely cropped professional footage over wide-angle, contemporary video allows for the emergence of a disjointed document that captures the growth of a city over several decades; distilling a small amount of truth from a growing library of fiction.
Bio
Brian R Donnelly (b. 1979) is a visual artist whose work centres around themes of
identity and its distortion. Exhibiting internationally since 2007, he began experimenting
with and presenting video-based work in 2017.
Video collage references: Hitler’s Daughter (1990), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), Renegades (1989), Dawn of the Dead (2004), Body Parts (1991), Jungleground (1995), Kick-Ass (2010)
Pebbles Underground is focused on showcasing and promoting experimental, avant-garde, underground, and no-to-low budget projects by artist-humans from all over the world. Absurd, uncanny, witty, humorous, slow-video – all are welcomed, and loved.
Pebbles Underground is an independent project not funded by any government or corporation, and we intend to keep it that way. Main source of funding is personal donations from humans organizing the project, who are artists themselves, and the main drive of the project is formed by the energy and involvement of the organizers, and the public.
